[81-717]

Just curious here, as I’ve noticed this a few times in the last week;

Is something going on with the ATC on the Yonge Line? I’ve noticed the train stops to be off from the designated entrance markers on the platform edge. Off at least one time by almost six feet. I’ve never noticed it being off at all since ATC was put into service.

That'd be a disaster with PSDs.

Toronto paid the price

With a 10-year sentence, no less, before finally reaching a plea deal to have the sentence reduced to 3—4 years.

Do you understand why the H6s were replaced when they were? It was only done because they were maintenance nightmares.

Ever stopped to think that they had way more subway cars than they needed work cars, and that's why not every class was represented in the work car fleet?

No, of course not, you'll just wave it away as another conspiracy against the Hawkers, and by extension, you as an individual, because you're apparently the only one who never got something that they wanted out of life.

Ever heard of Occam's Razor? That the simplest explanation is usually the most reasonable? So which is the simpler explanation? That multiple unrelated factors (early replacement only for H6s, not ALRVs & NG HEVs, "more subway cars than needed work cars", and "no room for preservation") ALL just so happened to work against all the Hawkers (H5/6s especially), while having no effect whatsoever on any other subway cars? Or that all of it was part of a single planned calculated attack against the Hawkers (especially H5/6s)?

The youngest TRs, in 2035, would only be 18! You would gain NOTHING from replacing them that soon.

Speak for yourself (since you're obviously so pro-T1/TR, despite claiming neither one is your favorite, and both of which are overrated). I personally would certainly gain A LOT MORE than nothing... Your life may have "been unchanged if 9424 was scrapped", but my life would've improved fantastically if all T1/TRs were Thanos-snapped out of existence overnight.

Replacing functional rolling stock well before its best before date is not "sensible", it's idiotic.

It's the LEAST idiotic thing they could do compared to the series of idiotic decisions that led to all the Hawkers being nixed (many of them well before reaching their expiry date).

2000-2014 was a blissful period in the world history.

Coincidentally (and anecdotally), we moved to Canada in 2000 and the last Hawkers retired in 2014.

 

[T3G]

Occam's razor in no way, shape, or form suggests that a coordinated conspiracy against one subway car type is more likely than shit happening. What possible motivation would the TTC have for having a hate boner for the Hawkers specifically? They're a business, they don't care about the vehicle type except in so far as concerning themselves with whether the vehicle is economical to operate, or whether it's past its lifespan or not.

I think you need to seriously revisit your understanding of Occam's razor. There's some serious holes in it. And why do you keep dredging up old discussions.

 

[drum118]

TTC resumes bus service on Queen St. E and College St. and Bay St. on March 28 ahead of schedule

March 27, 2026

Starting tomorrow, Sat. Mar. 28, at 5 a.m., the TTC will resume bus service on Queen Street East between Broadview and Davies and through the College St. and Bay St. intersection, ahead of schedule.

In February, the TTC adjusted service to accommodate the renewal of aging streetcar tracks and overhead upgrades.

Westbound 301B Queen buses, 503 Kingston Rd buses and 504 King buses will resume operating on Queen St. E., west of Broadview Ave. and 19 Bay buses and 506 Carlton replacement buses will resume operating through the College St. and Bay St. intersection.

506B/306B Carlton replacement buses continue to replace 506/306 Carlton streetcar service between McCaul St. and Parliament St., operating between Spadina Station and Broadview Ave. and Gerrard St E.

These service changes will be in effect starting Sat. Mar. 28 but won’t appear in most TTC and third-party trip-planning applications until outstanding construction and commissioning are complete, and regular service resumes.

The TTC will be testing and commissioning the newly installed streetcar tracks over the next few weeks, and streetcar service on the 501/301 Queen, 504/304 King, and 506/306 Carlton streetcars is scheduled to resume regular routing on Sun. May 3.

Full details of the service adjustments are available at https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories.

 

[CMQSD402F9011]

Occam's razor in no way, shape, or form suggests that a coordinated conspiracy against one subway car type is more likely than shit happening. What possible motivation would the TTC have for having a hate boner for the Hawkers specifically? They're a business, they don't care about the vehicle type except in so far as concerning themselves with whether the vehicle is economical to operate, or whether it's past its lifespan or not.

I think you need to seriously revisit your understanding of Occam's razor. There's some serious holes in it. And why do you keep dredging up old discussions.

Wouldn’t the beancounters at MTA and SEPTA happened to be railfans? Just for having the R46s, R68/As and the Kawasaki streetcars and the B-IV cars?

 

[McGillicuddy]

LOL. It’s not exactly failing upward to go from Toronto to Ottawa, but wtf are they thinking?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rick-leary-transit-ottawa-toronto-boston-9.7144348

It's possible that nobody else with the necessary qualifications wanted the job?

OC Transpo has been in an absolute state for the last decade, and by all indications the mayor and council want someone who will preside over a period of managed decline. Whoever takes the job will also be under an unusual amount of public scrutiny, as the Confederation Line continues to cast a lemon-shaped shadow over the agency. You'll be taking flack over decisions made by your predecessor's predecessor, the agency is so stretched for resources that you won't have the flexibility necessary to make many useful changes, and if you want anything which costs money, forget it.

I'm just saying: this isn't a job which says "promising mid-career transit manager on the rise". This is a job which says "Rick Leary".

 

[ShonTron]

It's possible that nobody else with the necessary qualifications wanted the job?

OC Transpo has been in an absolute state for the last decade, and by all indications the mayor and council want someone who will preside over a period of managed decline. Whoever takes the job will also be under an unusual amount of public scrutiny, as the Confederation Line continues to cast a lemon-shaped shadow over the agency. You'll be taking flack over decisions made by your predecessor's predecessor, the agency is so stretched for resources that you won't have the flexibility necessary to make many useful changes, and if you want anything which costs money, forget it.

I'm just saying: this isn't a job which says "promising mid-career transit manager on the rise". This is a job which says "Rick Leary".

He's the perfect guy for Mark Sutcliffe.